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After about a month of traveling for hunts and picking up a new pup, I finally, got back to the CJ6. I got the fenders, grill and flywheel cover painted. Have a few runs that should polish out, or maybe not.





One of the pup...Lucy (Fur)

Wasn't the perfect day but got most of the jeep painted. Repainted one fender, underside of the hood and the tub. Went well, except for a few runs, but what is an old Jeep without runs? I'm hoping I can clean them up. Otherwise sprayed pretty well.

Well got the hood and hinges painted in color so most big stuff done. I have some welding to do on the dash, before I can paint. It will go grey as well and the windshield will go black.

Time to bring the frame in and get it painted so I can get the tub on.

Been a while, but have been working on it slowly. I did get the frame stripped, primed and painted. I may, go with a gloss finish instead of the matte.




I also, changed up the suspense mounts, looks like it will be better.

Now I am waiting on the transmission, so I can mate it with the engine and get it painted.

Looks awesome Jason. What do you mean "waiting" on the transmission? Are you having it rebuilt?

WTH? That thing was in one piece when it left Utah…

Yes, it has a Turbo 400 and I having Phoenix Transmission here in Weatherford rebuild (build) it for me. I hope to have it at end of this week so I can mate it up to the engine and get them painted together. I am going with Buick red, I think.


But may go with my first choice of the AMC color.


I think both would look good with the Gray body color, but the red would give it more pop!

Yes, and so was my liver!

Red ! Will look great against the gloss black frame. Should really pop !

My transmission is done, should be able to pick it up this week, hope to have it and the engine painted by the weekend and in the chassis shortly thereafter.

Well, got a little done the past couple of weeks. I picked up the transmission, got some floor panels painted and the engine.

Well, I got the engine and transmission in.

Looking good.

It does take time to put it back together.

Then there is all of the small stuff that one needs to find.

I swear that small stuff hides on purpose .

Getting there

Yes, rhe small stuff always gets you in the end.

Well I started to paint the transfer case and other running gear, with a new batch of paint...I think they missed the mix.

Here is an image of the two batches under LED light.


Here is an image of the two batches in natural light.


I have spoken with Eastwood and I am waiting to see what the outcome will be. Based on my conversation with them, they have had a few calls regarding this batch.

I understand that there are variations from batch to batch, but this is a bit more wide, then it should be.

At least have enough of the original batch to paint my windshield and dash!

Premixed paint is tough to match original!

I smacked a deer and messed up my bumper. While at the body shop to get repair parts ordered, he ripped off a broken piece of the bumper. He said know I know I can match the paint! LOL and he did!

Had the bumper painted before I took the car for repairs. In and out in a couple hours.

In this case it should be closer than that. The second batch is on the white side, not much blue/black.

Just heard back from Eastwood. They are sending a new gallon of paint. I gathered from our conversation that there has been an issue with a couple of batches of this color. Wait and see what the next batch looks like.

Had to put some rear outer body mounts on, since I don't have the normal rear cross member. I am not a welder, still learning, getting better since this is not a super structural piece I figured I could do it. After a couple of attempts that I didn't like, I settled on this.